Experiments about Light. Exhibition
At FEUP's Library, April 21 through June 13, 2005, everyday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Light is a phenomenon that has attracted the attention of many scientists throughout history. The physical explanation of light gave rise to two main rival theories, source of very heated debates among the scientific community. Those two rival theories were only reconciled in 1905 after Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect, which is one of the events commemorated during 2005 — International year of Physics.
The experiments in this exhibition follow the evolution of the theories of light from Newton (XVII century) to Einstein (XX century). There is a separate Web page for each experiment (see list below) and the whole brochure can also be downloaded as a PDF file.
Exhibit and texts prepared by Jaime Villate.